We selled one of our app. However our account's default currency is TRY and the target account's currency is USD.
We are getting this error:
"The default currency of the new developer account is different to the existing developer account."
When we asked this to Google their reply was:
"The target account for your app transfer is using a different default currency. In order to proceed, you'll need to define a price for your app and its in-app products that uses the target account's default currency."
However we could not manage to that. When we try to define new/update in-app product or subscription it is still showing in TRY.
Does anyone have this problem too?
Thank you.
In Paid apps or apps with in-app products
If you're transferring paid apps or apps with in-app products, your target account needs to have an active payments-profile
If you're using a different default currency on your target account, here are two conditions that apply to your transfer:
In-app purchases only: You need to add a price in the new default currency for each in-app product. After your app is transferred to your target account, the app will be unpublished until you publish it again. Once you've verified the new prices on your target account, publish the app again.
Ref:android developer answer
SO question on migrating payment account
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I am trying to use the getSkuDetails() method to get the currency code: https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/billing_reference. However the privacy_currency_code is always USD. I tried to things:
(1) VPN to another country from my PC and create a google account, then add that account to test device
(2) VPN the test phone to another country
But in both cases the privacy_currency_code in getSkuDetails is still USD, so why that happens? In the play store console the in-app product is marked with USD. Not sure if that's the cause. If that's the cause why it doesn't automatically convert?
In Play Console have you mark the SKU available for non-US countries? If not, then it defaults to US price.
Also, Google Play allows you to change the country but be aware there is a long cool down of 1 year
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7431675?hl=en
Download a vpn, select another country in your phone and create a google account. (important to create a new account, otherwise google "knows" where you are from)
Go to settings, apps, google play, clear cache.
Open your app.
After changing your vpn to another country, clear play store cache. dont need to create one account per country.
I am trying to testIn App Purshase without being charged on Unity by reading this https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/billing_testing.html
My application is published as an Alpha version, signed with a real key. I downloaded it with an other Google account that the one I used to publish the app. This account is both added in the testers list of Google Play Service and my app Alpha testers list.
The problem is, when I want to buy an item, I never see the word "test" as the documentation says.
Can someone explain to me which extra steps shall I do in order to be sure to test my In App Billing without being charged?
Thanks a lot.
A new version of Google Play Console was released the 17th April, and I think that the french version of the Google Play Console was not completely implemented.
Right now the section "Test de licence" is available.
Follow the Testing In-app Purchases:
Setting up test purchases
It’s easy to set up test purchases—any user account can be chosen to
be a test account, and any user of a test account can make test
purchases with any available payment method (even though there’s no
charge to the payment method).
First, upload and publish in-app products that you want testers to be
able to purchase. You can upload and publish in-app products in the
Developer Console. Note that you can upload and publish your in-app
items before you publish the APK itself.
Next, create license test accounts for authorized users. In the
Developer Console, go to Settings > Account details, then in the
License Testing section, add the addresses to Gmail accounts with
testing access field. For more information, see Setting Up for Test
Purchases.
Once you’ve added the users as license tester accounts and saved the
change, within 15 minutes those users can begin making test purchases
of your in-app products.
I'm implementing a shop of magazines. I need my magazines once be bought to be available at all user's devices. So, I need to synchronize information somehow. I think, it's logical to synchronize by user play market account.
I looked through google's example implementation of in-app billing Preparing Your In-app Billing Application, and I found this implementation easy enough to do my first app with in-app billing.
The quiestion is: which Google Play account does IabHelper use? For example, there're several Google accounts on device. How to specify which account should be chosen by IabHelper?
How to point to IabHelper which account to take if there're many of them at device?
Answer1:
you can use any of account you have. but remember one thing that use one account which is in your registered device (set google account when first time device started) because to test application, only test account user can buy the product until it will not published(in Google play market).
Answer2:
other users can see your product while your application will be published. You are uploading signed apk file with product id and base 64 key to verify that it is your application and your particular product id by the play store. so while any of other user will purchase that product , his Google account will be registered as the purchased product.
EDIT:
One more thing you should remember that test account and developer console account should not be equal.
Let me know you required more information.
Hope it will help you.
im trying to test In App purchases for my android app:
I already read the android developer sites about testing and I already have worked successfully with the play stores build in test/fake product-items like android.test.purchased, android.test.canceled ...
Now I would like to test In App purchases with my own real products. Therefore I have specified my own products in the Google Play Store Developer Console.
My question:
According to the android developers guide, it should be possible to buy this real item without transferring real money, by simply adding a gmail Account into the App settings (under the section LICENSE TESTING) in the Play Store Developer Console.
LICENSE TESTING
In addition to the owner of this console the following
users will get the License test response from the application. They
can also make in-app purchases from APKs that have been uploaded but
not been published yet.
So if login to google play store on my test device with a gmail account, that I have added to this LICENSE TESTING section, I should be able to buy items, without transferring real money? Did I get it right? Has anyone experience with testing in app purchases and can give me some useful advises?
From my recent experience.
With a different gmail account from the developer it is possible to buy in app purchases which are published for an app that has been uploaded but not published. You have to exchange real money but it is possible to refund the money. I think you would lose the 30% transaction fee to Google.
Don't know if this is relevant, but here's a good guide for testing purchases, including test purchase accounts in google:
http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/billing_testing.html
With a test account the IAP will not be charged.
http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/billing_testing.html
"Test purchases and developer account
Authorized license test accounts are associated with your developer account in Google Play, rather than with a specific APK or package name. Identifying an account as a test account enables it to purchase any of your in-app products without being charged. "
Im new to this situation. Ive coded for Android In App purchase, and uploaded it as a draft in google play(Not published) for testing purpose. Now Ive to create some In App products there in developer console, that can be bought through my app.
My doubt is about the pricing when the app is put for testing. The price cant be set to zero. It shows a minimum of $0.99 should be there.
To test my app, how can I configure it such a way that i can purchase it freely.
Helps would be appreciated, :)
This should help you get started Testing In-app Billing.
However there is a warning:
Note: Making in-app billing requests with the reserved product IDs
overrides the usual Google Play production system. When you send an
in-app billing request for a reserved product ID, the quality of
service will not be comparable to the production environment.
And one more thing i could find out on the above topic is, its possible to add testing email accounts in the Google Play. Developer can add any number of gmail ids as testing accounts there.